I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at UC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA) in May 2010
Interview
The interview process was long, but enjoyable! First, one must pass a paper application review out of about 80+ applicants. Then, a group interview is conducted, in which 40-50 remaining applicants are observed while performing team-building exercises. Finally, participants are narrowed down to about 20 in number and are too interview one-on-one with Residential Life Staff or Academic Staff and a former RA with experience with the position. If one passes this, they will finally be selected to be a part of the Residential Life team, consisting of about 7-10 continuing/experienced RAs and 7-10 newly-selected RAs. This is how the process took place at Crown College, UCSC for the selection of the 2010-2011 ResLife Staff.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle a potentially violent or dangerous situation?
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at UC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA) in Mar 2021
Interview
The interview process includes a questionaire involving how past experiences can be catered to a successful performance on the job and personal traits that would help the candidate exceed in the role
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some of your strengths and weaknesses and how would they impact your performance in taking on this role?
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at UC Santa Cruz
Interview
Went in for one interview. Pretty straight forward Qs. Talked about my experience abroad and that complexity of living in a different country.
They wanted to be sure you were responsible and took your job seriously.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you do when you have students smoking in dorm rooms?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at UC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA) in Mar 2011
Interview
Had a group activity with other prospective RAs. Then invited to be interviewed by a supervisor and a current Residential Assistant. The 1:1 interview were about 20 minutes. The whole process was fairly easy going and not that stressful. I think the whole waiting part after the interview to a job offer was more stressful to be honest!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If your friend did something against our residential policies, what would you do?
Residential Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at UC Santa Cruz with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 79.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Residential Assistant roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at UC Santa Cruz overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at UC Santa Cruz as a Residential Assistant according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 18%
Group panel interview: 18%
Personality test: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Other: 9%
Phone interview: 9%
Presentation: 9%
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